I don't recall his play with the Oilers but it seems he started the year off well enough. 10 or 11 games. A plus or even player in all games but 1. 17-20 minutes a night. Only one point. He then got hurt and struggled when he returned. I don't believe he is a top 6 but as a depth guy it's a reasonable prediction that he can handle the load. If the canucks are ever in the position where Barker is needed every day for an extended period of time they may need to look at making a deal. I don't think that is any different than any other team in the league.

Just reading about our new players. Not sure if I read it here, but apparantly when Vandemeer was practicing with the Nucks out @ UBC, he really impressed our guys and they urged management to sign him. Nice endorsement, it'll be interesting to see how he does if he get some games here. Although Cam Barker may have been cut from an AHL team, he was recently on the Canadian squad that won gold at the Spengler Cup and former Canuck prosepct Joshy Holden was on that team too.

Question I have is where is Kassian? I was looking at the A and B roster and I didn't see his name there? Is he not at camp? Listing mistake on Canucks.com or just new prescription glasses for me? If he is there, what's the word? How is the kid doing? Are we liking the progress or not?

The guy is known as a fitness fanatic, so much so that the coaching staff felt the need to tell him to dial back the workouts last season.

It's likely just one of those things that happens. Dan Hamhuis strained his groin and he was one of the guys training daily at the UBC rink. Kassian has a back strain and he has already played 30 games this year.

Probably not. The guy is known as a fitness fanatic, so much so that the coaching staff felt the need to tell him to dial back the workouts last season. It's likely just one of those things that happens. Dan Hamhuis strained his groin and he was one of the guys training daily at the UBC rink. Kassian has a back strain and he has already played 30 games this year.

Twas a tongue-in-cheek comment.

Yeah AV said Boother was over training this uber long offseason.

Still wish we had Tony Twist as the teams trainer (as I have said a billion times now), as he constantly focused on core training so there was virtually no groin injuries while he was with the team.